LOTR Prequel

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by doug*platypus

1. The forging of the Great Rings. Sauron as Annatar.

2. The forging of the One Ring. Sauron's war upon the elves of Eregion. Death of Celebrimbor.

3. Sauron's capture and the Akallabêth.

4. Formation of the Last Alliance and the defeat of Sauron.

This would be great, but it would take at least a trilogy (and we would be whining again how this and that important thing was missing!).

And let's face it. This would be a movie-series for the hardcore fans, not to the wider public that wishes more of Harry Potter and Spider Man (with the doll-faced celebrity actors filling the main roles). To make such an investment as the LotR-trilogy, there should be the commercial assurance that it would sell more than enough. With this scheme there is none.

So if anyone makes it, it will be 1/100'th of a budget and so on... you know how that looks.